G-10: A group of the ten major industrialized countries whose mission is to ...

G-7: Group of seven countries (G-7) comprises Canada, France, Germany, Ital ...

G-8: The Group of Eight countries (G-8) comprises the G-7 countries + Russi ...

GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GAAS: Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) are governs the conduct o ...

Gambler’s ruin: An unfavourable string of losses that could lead to bankruptcy, althou ...

Garage sale: Sale of unwanted items at extremely low prices.

Garnishee: A garnishee is the recipient (typically a bank) to whom a garnishee or ...

GATT: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was first signed in ...

GBP: Pound Sterling (United Kingdom pund) from the United Kingdom. Also use ...

GDP: Stands for Gross Domestic Product. The GDP is an estimate of the total ...

GDP deflator: The index value used to eliminate the effect of inflation. Real nation ...

GEL: Lari from Georgia.

GEMMs: Gilt-edged market makers (GEMMs) are those who are authorized to deal ...

General Obligation Bonds: Securities issued by municipalities. The source of revenue to pay the ...

Generation-skipping trust: A trust in which a principal amount is placed in a trust on the death ...

Genie is out of the bottle: Something that can never be changed back

GHC: Cedi from Ghana.

Giffen good: An increase in income results in a fall in demand for the good. A Giff ...

Gift splitting: A technique used to avoid a gift tax in which a large sum of money to ...



Gilts: Gilts refer to UK Government bonds, that is all types of government co ...

Gini coefficients: The ratio between the area between a Lorenz curve and the 45o line and ...

Ginzy Trading: A trade practice in which a floor broker, in executing an order -- par ...

GIP: Gibraltar Pound from Gibraltar.

Give the nod: Give approval to a plan; perceive as having an advantage.

Give up: Used for listed equity securities. a) Term used in a securities transa ...

Give Up: A contract executed by one broker for the client of another broker tha ...

Globasm: A condition experienced by a company or executive obsessed with expand ...

GMAT: The Graduate Management Assessment Test ® (GMAT) is used to measure th ...

GmbH: A German form of a limited liability corporation.

GMD: Dalasi from Gambia.

GMP: Guaranteed Minimum Pension

GNP: Stands for Gross National Product. The GNP is an estimate of the total ...

GNS: Syli (also known as Guinea franc) from Guinea.

Going-concern value: The value of a company as a whole over and above the sum of the values ...

Gold metal: The Bank of England is perhaps best known for storing gold. The standa ...

Goldbrick Shares: A stock with only the surface appearance of quality and worth, that is ...

Golden cross: In technical analysis, what happens when the short moving average pric ...

Golden hello: A bonus paid by a securities firm to attract an employee from a compet ...

Good This Week Order (GTW): Order which is valid only for the week in which it is placed.



Good till cancelled order: A good till cancelled order (GTC) is an order to a broker instructing ...

Goodhart Law: The Goodhart Law is a law developed by Professor Charles Goodhart (who ...

Goodwill: The value of a business to a purchaser over and above its net asset va ...

Goodwill impairment: An asset reported mainly as goodwill on the balance sheet may be worth ...

GQE: Ekwele from Equatorial Guinea.

Grace period: The time period stipulated in most loan contracts and insurance polici ...

Grains: Refers to the commodity futures markets for corn, oats, and wheat. A b ...

Grantor: A person who creates a trust or transfers real property to another ent ...

Grapevine: The informal office communication network, gossip. "People in ...

Gray market: An unofficial market where new share issues are bought and sold before ...

GRD: Greek Drachma (no longer in use) from Greece. Now replaced by the euro ...

Great call: Used in the context of general equities. Customer does not have a work ...

Green: Green is a mortgage backed securities term which indicates mortgages w ...

Green economics: The study of environmental issues including the depletion of non renew ...

Green Shoe: Refers to an underwriting allotment which is in excess of the the firs ...

Greenmail: Situation in which a large block of stock is held by an unfriendly com ...

Grey list: Used in the context of general equities. Formal grouping of stocks whi ...

Gridlock: A condition whereby trading activity ceases or becomes extremely const ...

Gross: The aggregate, cumulative or total amount is a quantity measure. It ca ...

Gross margin: The percentage of gross profit (sales minus direct costs) to sales, wh ...



Gross profit: The profit remaning after direct costs are subtracted from sales, but ...

Group of 100: Prestigious cross-functional group of accounting profession thought le ...

Growing-equity mortgage (GEM): A fixed-rate mortgage that provides scheduled payment increases over a ...

Growth in earnings per share: A ratio comparing current earnings per share to the same ratio in a ba ...

Growth in sales: A ratio comparing sales levels to sales in a base year; it identifies ...

GTQ: Quetzal from Guatemala.

Guaranteed insurability: A life and health insurance policy feature that enables the insured to ...

Gunslinger: An aggressive portfolio manager who makes risky investments, typically ...

Guts: Is the purchase or the sale of two in-the-money options. For example, ...

GWP: Guinea-Bissau Peso from Guinea-Bissau.

GYD: Guyana Dollar from Guyana.

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LKR

Sri Lankan Rupee from Sri Lanka


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